The Perfect Fall Nail

If you follow this little blog you'll know that I've been loving Barry M nail polishes recently.  I had a little haul of them here and I've really been enjoying trying them all out.

They are so affordable and I love all the different shades.  I will admit that they haven't got the staying power of some of the more expensive brands and after a few days I tend to get some chipping.  But, I'm a girl who likes to paint my nails often.  I get bored of the same colour on my nails so I find that by the time the colour has a few chips in, I'm ready for a change anyway. 

I think I've found my favourite Fall/Autumn colour.  It's Chilli In the Gelly High Shine range.  It's a beautiful Autumnal browny red that has an amazing 'gelly' shine.

What do you think of this colour?

Have you got any Fall nail polish recommendations? I'd love to know what you're wearing on your nails this season.

Sleek Eyeshadow Palettes | My New Bargain Heroes

I've ooo'ed and ahh'ed over many a Sleek eye shadow palette in my time but for some reason never bought one. I've read a ton of good stuff about them and they look amazing.

I'm a girl who loves a bargain and these palettes really hit the spot at only £7.99 for 12 colours so I eventually decided to give in and purchase two to see if they live up to all the hype I've heard.  The palettes I chose were the Sunset Palette and the Ultra Mattes V2 Darks Palette.

Sunset Palette

I'm in love with this palette.  I've only had a little play around with it so far but I adore the reds.  There's great pigmentation in all the colours and I find they blend beautifully. Check out those swatches - aren't they amazing? All the colours have a beautiful shimmer and I can definitely see myself using all of them. 

Ultra Matte V2 Darks Palette

I wasn't sure how much of a fan of matte eyeshadow I was... I've always tended to stick to shimmery shadows. With that in mind I thought I'd try out the ultra mattes dark palette in a bid to try new things and become more adventurous with my make-up. Oh my goodness, I've been missing out! These colours are so intense and pigmented. I think the range of colours for this time of year in particular are really fantastic. There's a great mix of lights and darks and I can't wait to play around with these more.

My first impression of these Sleek eyeshadow palettes is nothing but positive.  I wore them yesterday and they definaetly seem to have great staying power - I applied my makeup at about 10am and they were still going strong way into the evening. I think they may have just become my new bargain heroes. How many other palettes do they do?... I think I need them all.

Have you got the Sleek palettes? 

What do you think of them?

Any recommendations as to which one I should get next? I see Superdrug have a new Limited Edition Birthday Palette to celebrate their 50th birthday.  Hmmm I might just have to get that one...

Something to make your day | A Canon DSLR Giveaway!

This is so exciting!  This post doesn't really need any introduction or explanation but I will briefly explain.

I've teamed up with the beautiful Emily over at Freckled Fox  and various other ladies that can all be found below to offer you this fantastic opportunity to win a DSLR.  Amazing right? 
 

My first DSLR  (which I'm still learning how to use) has started to make such a huge positive impact on my blogging and my family memory documenting and it could do the same for you. 

When Emily emailed and asked me to take part in this giveaway I just knew I had to do it and I've been so excited to get it started.

If you've never had a DSLR I hope you enter.  If you've had DSLRs in the past but would like an upgrade I hope you enter.  If you know someone who would love this I hope you enter.  Do you get the idea?  Just enter!! It's an amazing prize. 

Here are the other talented and creative bloggers and shop/business owners that have made this giveaway possible today- go say hi!
 

 The Freckled Fox   |   Afternoon Espresso   |   The Farmer's Wife   |   Jessthetics

Oddly Lovely      |       Avenle      |       Sierra's view      |      Sparkles and Glue

Baby Bump Bundle  |  Joelle Charming  |  Deloom  |  Anna in Wonderland 

Pommell Lane    |    Pandowdee    |    Uncustomary Art    |    Indie Gift Box

Yellow Spot Designs  |  A Labour of Life  |  Ruffled Paper  |  Gemzicle Sprinkles

Open Spaces Blog   |   ok, enjoy   |   Lindsay Living Vegan |       Wood Be Mine

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Enter below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

I know there's a ton of different ways to enter, but that last one you skip may be the winning entry so make sure you use up all your entries.  Also keep in mind that each entry leads you to a different lady or shop that just might be your new favourite!

A couple specs about the giveaway:

- the giveaway will run for ten days after which the winner will be selected at random, contacted, and announced via this post, the post of the day, and all social media outlets! Please check all those places before asking weeks later who won? :)

- Again this is open internationally! hooray!

- The winner will receive the Canon Rebel T3i in a kit with an 18-55mm lens, a battery and a battery charger. 

- Winner's entries will be verified before the public announcement.

High5 4 Friday

Happy Friday peeps!

I hope you've had an awesome week so far and are ready for the weekend. 

 

Honestly, my weeks been kinda... bleugh. I've been a bit unwell all week.  Not majorly ill, but waking up every morning with a sore throat and a bit sniffly and coughy.  You know that ill when you just feel really sorry for yourself and want to curl up under a blanket with a nice hot drink. Bleugh, not nice.

 

But, on to the good things of the week...

 

1.  I'm starting to get excited at the prospect of Halloween.  I've been pinning all Halloweeny stuff to my Pinterest (follow along if you like. No. Really. Click the little link! Are you still reading? Stop. Go back and click)  Halloween is by far my favourite holiday.  What's your favourite holiday?  Do you have any Halloween traditions in your house?

 

2. I've really been enjoying peppermint tea this week.  I'm not a huge lover of tea or coffee but I do quite like a flavoured tea once in a while and seeing as Mr Weatherman seems to have suddenly remembered it's October and it's supposed to be cold here in the UK I've really craved them. 

3. There's nothing I love more than taking my duvet downstairs, curling up on the sofa with Mini Greenoid next to me, a bowl of popcorn in between us and a good film.  One night this week that's exactly what we did.  I say exactly but in reality, I'd no popcorn left and the film we watched was 300 which I wouldn't really class as a good film. (Mini Greenoids choice, I just went with it.)

4. As much as I've moaned about it not being summer anymore, I've been loving the dark nights.  There's something so wonderful and cosy about drawing the curtains, turning the fire on and locking the front door for the evening.  I've always said how lucky I am to live in a place that has such defined seasons.  In winter it can snow like crazy, spring is beautiful and full of life, summer can be gloriously hot and in fall the leaves fall and the world turns amazing shades of yellows and oranges.  I'd hate to live somewhere where it's hot all the time.  What's the weather like where you live?

5. I've been obsessed with watching make-up storage/collection videos on YouTube lately.  It's become a kind of obsession.  I love looking at all the different collections and how they store them.  Do you like watching make-up collection videos?

 

 

An InLinkz Link-up

No7 Advent Calendar 2014

Oh these Advent Calendars are killing me! I want every single one.  Today let's take a little peek inside Boots No7 Advent Calendar.

I have to say this calendar isn't as visually appealing as some of the others I've seen - the Benefit Candy Coated Countdown is my favourite so far in terms of visual appeal.  But, like Mama always taught me, it's not what's on the outside that counts, it's what's on the inside and oh my there's some treats on the inside.

 

This calendar opens like a book and you get 25 (yeah you heard me right, an extra little treat for Christmas Day) fantastic No7 goodies including make-up, skin care and body care.

 

SPOILER ALERT : Look away now if you don't want to see what's inside.

The goodies you receive inside are:

1. Skin Illuminator – Peach
2. High Shine Lip Crayon – Delicate Pink
3. Eye Colour Brush
4. Youthful Eye serum
5. Stay Perfect Nail Colour – Highland Mist
6. Lash Impact mascara – Black
7. Eye shadow – middle shade from Good Earth Trio
8. Beautiful Skin Radiance Exfoliator
9. Protect & Perfect Intense Day Cream
10. Blissful Body Wash
11. Beautiful Skin Eye Makeup Remover
12. Stay Precise Felt Tip Eyeliner
13. High Shine Lip Crayon – Daydreamer
14. Completely Quenched Body Lotion
15. Amazing Eyes Pencil – Brown
16. Essential Lip Brush
17. Intense Volume Mascara – Black
18. Eye Shadow – top shade from cappuccino trio
19. Nail Effects Disco Ball
20. Protect & Perfect Intense Day Hand Cream
21. Stay Perfect Metallic Eye Pencil – Blackest
22. Gel Look Shine Nail Colour – Deep Wine
23. Amazing Eyes Pencil – Black
24. Protect & Perfect Intense Night Cream
25. Stay Perfect Duo Nail Colour – Hot to Trot & Cheeky Chops

Isn't that just a fantastic range of different products and they're definitely all products that I would use.

This goes on sale on 29th October for £35, which I think is amazing value for money if you consider what you get.

You can sign up here to get an email notification of when it lands in store.  I would imagine you'll have to be pretty to quick to grab this one. 

Are you a No7 fan?

Will you be rushing to get this?